title: 25th anniversary article: a decade of organic/polymeric photovoltaic research.
abstract: Organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology has been developed and improved from a fancy concept with less than 1% power conversion efficiency (PCE) to over 10% PCE, particularly through the efforts in the last decade. The significant progress is the result of multidisciplinary research ranging from chemistry, material science, physics, and engineering. These efforts include the design and synthesis of novel compounds, understanding and controlling the film morphology, elucidating the device mechanisms, developing new device architectures, and improving large-scale manufacture. All of these achievements catalyzed the rapid growth of the OPV technology. This review article takes a retrospective look at the research and development of OPV, and focuses on recent advances of solution-processed materials and devices during the last decade, particular the polymer version of the materials and devices. The work in this field is exciting and OPV technology is a promising candidate for future thin film solar cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA; California Nano Systems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Letian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dou
authors.forename: Jingbi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Ziruo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Street
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000846:Anniversaries and Special Events; D004566:Electrodes; D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D011789:Quantum Theory; D012666:Semiconductors; D012993:Solar Energy
chemical_list: D037741:Fullerenes; D011108:Polymers